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India’s daily Covid-19 cases below 30,000, lowest in four months

New Delhi (dpa), 17 Nov, 2020- India on Tuesday registered 29,163 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24  hours, marking the lowest daily increase...

No doubt Russia interfered in election : US intel chief

Brushing aside Donald Trump’s dismissiveness, the nation’s intelligence chief insisted Thursday that U.S. agencies are more confident than ever that Russia interfered in America’s...

Have we ever considered the teachers’ mental health?

This school year has been unlike any other. As Covid-19 threatens to widen the education divide across the world, Sri Lankan teachers and students...

Air pollution linked to 15% of Covid-19 deaths

According to the World Health Organisation air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. To put things in perspective, that’s one third...

Electrocuted elephant near Nimalawa Sanctuary

Another elephant succumbed to injuries after being electrocuted near the Nimalawa Sanctuary recently. While most electric fences don’t necessarily have electricity, they are just...

Two species of snakes from Knuckles

A group of researchers, including one of the leading herpetologists in Sri Lanka, Mendis Wickramasinghe and Herpetology Researcher at Natural History Museum, London, Evolutionary...

Pre-Budget Report: SL needs massive response to the economic crisis

Given that Sri Lanka is facing a massive economic crisis, it is extremely urgent that Budget 2021 reflects the changes that must be made to...

Heat Cabin to destroy Coronavirus on surfaces

Inventor Kelum Wadasinghe has developed a device which he claims destroys the coronavirus on banknotes and other surfaces within three minutes by using heat. The device...

Hambantota gets US $ 300mn tyre manufacturing plant

Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Ltd, a leading Chinese tyre manufacturer, is slated to invest US $ 300 million to set up a tyre manufacturing...

SL import ban irks EU

The European Union (EU) today expressed its displeasure in Sri Lanka continuing to impose restrictions on imports stating that trade is “not a one-way...

US $ 75mn SLDB issue oversubscribed by 15%

The latest Sri Lanka Development Bond (SLDB) offer of US $ 75 million was oversubscribed by over 15 percent enabling the Central Bank to...

UK appoints climate change champion to support nations including SL

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday appointed former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation...
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